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See the handouts for the author's lecture on
Avoiding
the Top 43 Embedded Software Risks for an overview of the contents of the
book and highlights from his blog. On-site training based on this lecture is
available from the author.

Practical advice on avoiding common embedded system
design problems:

This book distills the experience of more than 90 design reviews on
real embedded systems into a set of bite-size lessons learned in the
areas of software development process, requirements, architecture, design,
implementation, verification & validation, and critical system properties.
Each chapter describes an area that tends to be a problem in embedded system
design, symptoms that tend to indicate you need to make changes, the risks of
not fixing problems in this area, and concrete ways to make your embedded
system software better. Each of the 29 chapters is relatively self-sufficient,
permitting developers with a busy schedule to cherry-pick the best ideas to
make their systems better right away.

Upgrade your embedded software design skills:

The book chapters address things that every embedded software engineer
should know. If you are relatively new to the area but have already learned the
basics, this book will be an invaluable asset for taking your game to the next
level. If you are experienced, this book provides a way to fill in any gaps.
Once you have mastered this material, the book will serve as a source of
reminders to make sure you haven't forgotten anything as you plan your next
project.

While this is a book written for practicing embedded software developers, it
has already been adopted as a textbook for advanced embedded system courses at
Carnegie Mellon Universityand
other universities. This first edition incorporates improvements identified in
a beta trial at those universities in Spring 2010.

Most chapters are 10-15 pages long -- enough depth to be useful, but can be
read in a single sitting

Focus on practical applications rather than theory

Each chapter focuses on a specific topic, including:

Summary of main points and each chapter section on the first page of each
chapter

Overview, including importance, symptoms of problems in this area, and
possible risks

Description of area and ways to improve your embedded software

Pitfalls

Boxed text highlights that summarize the key "take-aways"

Internet search terms to look up more information

Suggested reading

Detailed table of contents to make it easier to find what you're looking
for

20-page index to make it easier to find what you're looking for

Chapter quick-reference on back cover

Written by a world-leading researcher and design review leader in
industrial embedded systems

About the Author:

Philip Koopman is an Associate Professor at the Carnegie Mellon University
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Additionally, he is a faculty
member of the Institute for Software Research (ISR). After his undergraduate
education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he served as a US Navy submarine
officer in the Cold War. After receiving his PhD from Carnegie Mellon, he
architected embedded control CPUs for Harris Semiconductor and then created
embedded system architectures for a variety of United Technologies Corp.
applications such as elevators and automobiles. He returned to Carnegie Mellon
and has worked on wearable computers, software robustness testing, graceful
degradation, cyclic redundancy codes, embedded networks, safety, and embedded
security. He has written an assortment of books and academic papers, and holds
26 U.S. patents in areas such as embedded CPU design, embedded communications,
geographic location-aware services, and vehicle security. His current research
interests include lightweight software processes for embedded systems,
dependability, safety, embedded networking, distributed embedded systems, and
embedded system security. In addition to his teaching and research duties at
Carnegie Mellon, he performs external design reviews for industry embedded
systems and presents training based on the contents of this book.

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